‘Adam?’Elena felt the sudden gentleness wrapping around her. It was warm and safe as if she was in his embrace. Her body became light and the aura helped her to stand up. “Sorry, I am late.”She looked at him in a daze.He wore a shirt and pants made of red and black material. It wasn’t the same clothes he wore when he disappeared. His body was on fire but he looked fine. Elena felt her vision become blurry with emotions. He was here, smiling at her once more. She wanted to ask so many things and rush up to him. To be in his embrace. Maybe even punch him a few times for leaving her behind, but she tried her best to hold back her tears. She could have all the time she needed with him, but first, she stayed there watching him clumsily putting out fire with his hands.“You are late.”She watched him finally walking toward her. Everyone else was simply kneeling around them.“I am sorry, Your Majesty. Eh… Why are they kneeling? I felt even you and Amy kneeling. What happened?”“Isn’t
“Brother.” “Amy.” Adam moved and picked up his little sister off the ground. Amy was already close to the 7th tier at the age of ten. In the Empress’s own words, Amy was far ahead compared to her, but Adam knew better. Amy had much more resources compared to what the Empress had at the time. Even though the Empress was from the royal family, there was a big difference between the available resources. The body tempering arts were much more advanced. Also, Amy received the best medicine, food, and environment for improvement. In comparison, Adam always felt there was no one he could compare with the Empress. As for him, he relied on the system until a couple of weeks ago. “Bad brother. You didn’t contact me for days. I am angry.” Adam felt happy and lost when Amy started pouting. She looked adorable with her gesture. He also felt a bit relieved. Compared to the last time he disappeared, her reaction was much better. He slowly gave a grateful look to the Empress. “What are
“Your Majesty.”Adam caught the Empress’ hands in a hurry.“What? You are getting too bold. Catching my hands.”He knew she was just scolding him, and she wasn’t truly angry. “That is not it. Someone is here.”“Huh? Here? I can’t feel anyone.”She was looking around in confusion.“Not here, Your Majesty. Someone just entered our world.”“World? Are you saying someone like you?”“Maybe….”He lifted his head up from his comfortable pillow with a frow. Casually coming into this world even without alerting Mahisha. ‘This person wanted me to know that he is here.’He knew this presence was announcing its arrival.“Huh? But there are no drastic changes. Is he also falling from the sky? Well, it is very silent.”Adam froze when he heard the Empress. He instantly looked away.“What? Don’t tell me you did that on purpose?”“It was a mistake.”“What do you mean it is a mistake?”“Well. I didn’t know there were other ways to travel. So I just jumped down.”“Pfft… Hahaha….”‘This is why I didn
“What did you say about this?”Adam studied the behaviour of the Heavenly Demon. They finally managed to sit down for a conversation. Despite the young look, he knew this man was old. Also, his talkative nature disappeared after he calmed down. Adam eyed the Empress, who seemed to be a bit shaken. He slowly tightened his hand around her palm, giving her some assurance. “Hm. It is the same as the titles. They all carry the same power.”“What power?”“The power around us.”Adam didn’t know what this power exactly was, but he wondered how he failed to notice it all this time. It was the source of the power of the divine power, it was the source behind the power of the darkness. It was the real source of power behind the Abyss. A power that they all live in. “Around us? What kind of thing are you talking about?”“I am not exactly sure.”Adam tried to find a way to describe it.“It is everywhere. Just that… I never saw it before.”“Wait. Don’t tell me you feel the power of the souls. I
“Good morning, Mr Beru.”“Good morning, Kelly.”Beru waved his hand at the young girl running along the path. He sipped his warm drink, looking at the green leaves and listening to the sound of singing birds. He switched his weight to the other hand, enjoying the view of the valley. He finally got a house in the Valley of Wonders. Of course, it came with a catch, but he didn’t mind. He had to give up his chamber of commerce and join the Crimson Empire. It wasn’t a bad deal for him in any way. Sure, he couldn’t earn the profit as he pleased, but he still got profit from his uncle. Besides, his wages for the current position weren’t bad. However, what he admired the most was his status. People knew him. From people who worked under him to the traders from the Eastern continent to all the way to the Crimson Empress. The people knew him by his name. He was no longer the second son of his family. He served the largest Empire in the known world. There was no Empire that could match th
“Captain! Captain!”“What is it now man?”The middle-aged man sounded annoyed by the calling.They just had to guard the city wall. He sometimes wondered if that had to be this bothersome. The winter passed and spring took over their city. It was no longer cold and the duty was a very easy one. There weren’t many things they had to worry about. Even though this middle-aged man knew what was beyond the horizon. There was a sleeping monster, silently waiting. ‘But things have been quiet lately. Besides, we didn't draw any attention.’By the order of the king, no refugees coil pass through their city anymore. Sometimes they saw several figures rushing toward the horizon, but their orders were to ignore them. Because those were the people who slipped past the lines further north. Their kingdom was too big to stop everyone. Besides, he witnessed some of those people fall down and others try to rescue them. Some called for help and sometimes those painful cries even reached the city wal
“My Lord! My Lord!”A soldier rushed to the palace of the Wind Hold city in panic.The lord of the city was about to stand up when he heard the bells chiming in the city.He frowned, looking out of the window.“Why didn’t we hear anything?”He looked at the man across the table. They were supposed to get a message beforehand if the enemies came. ‘Did they come from another way?’He wasn’t worried too much. Because they had a plan to defend against the Crimson Empire.“I can’t contact them… My Lord.”“Huh?”He felt troubled. This shouldn't be happening. Their scouts weren’t in the open and they were not simple soldiers. If a full invasion came, they should know it by now. “My Lord! My Lord!”The soldier finally barged into the room.“My… My Lord… They are here.”“The Crimson Empire?”“Yes! Yes… My Lord.”“And our soldiers?”“One messenger just entered the city, My Lord.”“A messenger? That wasn’t the plan.”Although it wasn’t too disadvantageous, they were supposed to use these spies
“Your Majesty. We didn’t hear anything from the Wind Hold.”“Someone tell me what is going on?”The entire court of the Blood Baron Kingdom was nervous because of the sudden change in the Wind Hold. They simply didn’t hear anything from there anymore. It was a complete silence out of nowhere. “Your Majesty. This could be….”It was as if everyone knew the reason, but everyone was afraid to mention it. They all prayed that they were wrong. “Your Majesty. Emergency from the Dwarven mountain.”“What is it now?”“It is Lady… Lady Helen, Your Majesty.”The noisy hall turned silent in an instant. Lady Helen left a fresh memory in all of them. Two years ago, she came here to claim many direct descendants of noble families. “By the gods, is she attacking the north?”“What are we going to do…?”“There is no one that can stop the prophet.”“We should seek help from the Church of Light.”…The infamous prophet of the Black Dragon Empire had lived in silence for generations, but no one had the